dna

leogirl4 | 16:16 Wed 06th Feb 2008 | Science

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Recently I had a paternity test done with my father. It came out neg. My mother is very upset and says there must be a problem with the dna. Is it possible that my father or I could be a chimera?

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heathfield

Oops.

wildwood

I read somewhere that probably something like 10% of the children in the UK are not fathered by their dad who thinks they are his.

While initially this may not reflect kindly on the nation's Mums, it also means that a fair few men are humping married (or should I say partnered) women and a considerable proportion of children are unaware of one or more half siblings.

Personally, I would pursue the matter and try to find out who my real father is, there may have been unknown circumstances or he is not aware of you. Even if it is only to tell him what a **** he is getting a women pregnant and not following up.

You certainly have the right to meet your half brothers/sisters if you wanted to. It is not your fault that your Mum and paternal dad had/s dubious scrupples.

jno

oh dear, I'd better report this post under 'impostor'...

jake-the-peg

It is pretty unlikly but there could have been a simple mistake in the administration of the test.

The test itself is pretty unlikely to be wrong as you're dealing with large sample from 2 volunteers, not the scrapings from a crime scene as might be the case in a criminal trial.

You could have a repeat test done but as wildwood says there's a surprisingly large number of people walking about who've different fathers to who they think is theirs.

I don't know the background as you do - let's face it there must have been suspicions, people don't have paternity tests for fun.

More importantly how has your father reacted towards you - I'd guess it might take him a little while to realise that you are the product of your upbringing and that you are as much his daughter as you would have been had he been your biological father too.

You might consider some family counciling to help you work through some of these issues

matt1e

I agree with jake that it would be highly unlikely that there would be a mistake.As for you or your father being a chimera you could have another test done as dna testing should tell if you or your father are chimeras or not as you will have different dna elsewhere in your body. either way I I hope things turn out well for you and if you and your father get on well- I bet he'll always be your "dad"
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Ice.Maiden

I very much dount that the dna test was wrong. Perhaps there are things that your mum'd rather forget about, so as not to cause any trouble. I hope you can just look upon your dad as the one you've always known.